Santhosh Kumar Thamaraiselvan, Pant Mani Bhushan, Uzzafar Fareed, Manjunatha Narayana, Kumar C Naveen, Math Suresh Bada
Telemedicine Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India.
J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2019 Oct;10(4):690-692. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-3399605. Epub 2019 Dec 12.
Tobacco addiction is one of the leading causes of premature mortality. Early and effective intervention in primary care, though possible and feasible, is seldom done in India. This case series describes the diagnosis and management of three patients of tobacco addiction by a primary care doctor (PCD) who is being trained in digitally driven four modules based "Primary Care Psychiatry Program" of National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India. This article discusses about the way in which two modules (telepsychiatric on-consultation training and collaborative video consultation) helped a primary care doctor (M.B.P.) working approximately 1,500 miles away from an academic institute to treat tobacco dependence at a rural primary health center of India.
烟草成瘾是过早死亡的主要原因之一。在印度，虽然在初级保健中进行早期有效干预是可能且可行的，但却很少实施。本病例系列描述了一名初级保健医生对三名烟草成瘾患者的诊断和管理过程，该医生正在接受印度班加罗尔国家心理健康和神经科学研究所基于数字驱动的四个模块的“初级保健精神病学项目”培训。本文讨论了其中两个模块（远程精神病学会诊培训和协作视频会诊）如何帮助一名距离学术机构约1500英里的初级保健医生（M.B.P.）在印度农村初级卫生中心治疗烟草依赖。
